Judge scott scolds lawyers in municipal court
William A Waddy a Clifton Forge Virginia railroad porter visited Washington DC and got drunk ending up in a basement sleeping space near 241 Twelfth Street N E He faced illegal entry charges Judge Armand W Scott sentenced him to pay $3 for a broken window and admonished lawyers meddling in lockup hiring In court he defended the right to counsel while warning against soliciting fees in advance
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Washington, D. C
Daily News
William A. Waddy
Clifton Forge
Twelfth St. N. E
Waddy
Twelfth St
N. E
Armand W. Scott
Atty
Andrew Thomas
Mr. Waddy
Scott
Marvel Cooke First Woman On New York Daily Compass
Marvel Cooke becomes the first colored woman to write for a daily newspaper, serving on the rewrite desk at Daily Compass in New York. The Minneapolis native, active in Negro journalism since Amsterdam News, is married to Cecil Cooke and aims to cover all racial groups beyond Negro news.
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New York
New York City
Daily Compass
Marvel Cooke
Amsterdam News
People’s Voice
New York Newspaper Guild
Minneapolis, Minn
Cecil Cooke
Disc Jockey of the Year Honored in New York Radio
Sym phony Ltd disc jockey at Station WJZ was named Disc Jockey of the Year for promoting Negro recording artists and other groups on his nightly radio program. The award was presented January 9 in his radio studio for consistent support of varied music.
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New York City
Global
Symphony Ltd
WJZ
American Broadcasting System
New Cosmetic Market Shift Targets Mature Women
Charles A. Pennock, president of the Toilet Goods Association, said the mature population growth boosts beauty product sales and promotion. He noted that the mature woman is a rich revenue source and, with proper promotion, will become an increasingly important customer for industry products.
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New York City
Global
Charles A. Pennock
The
Toilet Goods Association
Dodgers Star Don Newcombe Undergoes Nose Surgery
Don Newcombe, rookie of the year for the Brooklyn Dodgers, was operated on last Wednesday at Elizabeth General Hospital for a minor nasal obstruction. He attributed the obstruction to an old baseball injury and said it has caused breathing difficulty recently.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Don Newcombe
Brooklyn Dodgers
Elizabeth General Hospital
Big Don
Navy Chief Bailey Assigned to Shore Duty in Newport News
Chief Petty Officer Edward R. Bailey United States Navy with sixteen years of service begins a shore tour at the U S Navy Recruiting Station Newport News located at 245 Federal Building He was born in Nashville earned the Good Conduct Medal and two additional awards for twelve years of good conduct served in both Pacific and European theaters during World War II and accompanied President Truman to the Potsdam Conference He has held multiple chief steward assignments and is a member of Boyer Lodge No 8 F and A Masons in Newport and the Elks He is the first Negro to finish the U S Navy Procurement School at San Diego California.
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Edward R. Bailey
United States Navy
U. S. Navy
Federal Building
Chief Bailey
Nashville
Tenn
Solomons Island
Maryland
Truman
Boyer Lodge No. 8
F. and A. Masons
Newport
I.B.P.O. Elks of the World
San Diego
California
Catholic Priest Leads San Antonio Housing Fight
Catholic priest Father Camillo Tranchese aided by archdiocese officials and civic leaders worked to block public housing legislation in San Antonio. Pri vate housing contractors faced coordinated opposition from church and community figures seeking to influenceCity Commissioners.
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San Antonio
Tex
City Commissioners
Camillo Tranchese
S.J
Archdiocese of
Negro Colleges Fund Raises $1 156 000 in 1949 Appeal
John A. Suman of Standard Oil announces the United Negro College Fund raised 1 156 000 dollars in 1949, surpassing last year's total by 85 000 and marking the largest yearly sum since the fund began in 1944.
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New York City
Global
United Negro College Fund
John A. Suman
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Suman
Five Already Lynched Five Already Lynched
The Civil Rights Congress informs President Truman that five Black Americans have been lynched or massacred in the first ten days of 1950. William L. Patterson urges immediate federal action to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan and prosecute lynchers, calling 1950 The Year of Decision for anti lynching and civil rights bills.
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New York
N. Y
United States
Civil Rights Congress
Truman
Federal
William L. Patterson
CRC
White House
FEPC
News roundup from New York and Peekskill on race, education, and integration
New York reports Dr. Ralph Bunche and Dr. E N Chase elected trustees of the Institute of International Education. Peekskill witnesses called to testify about violence involving Paul Robeson followers. Emory Ross to head the Phelps Stokes Fund aiding Negro education. Army ends racial bias in assignments to allow skilled Negroes to be integrated. Southern lawyers back a Negro student’s bid to enter Texas law school. Grant Reynolds, ex Harlem candidate, noted in New York politics.
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New York
Ralphe J. Bunche
E. N. Chase
Colga University
N. J
The
Institute of International Education
Emory Ross
Phelps-Stokes Fund For
Foreign Missions Conference of North America
Ross
B. T. Washing
Army
Negro History Week Highlighted by Dr. Woodson in Ebony
Chicago doctor Dr. Carter Woodson inaugurated the 24th annual Negro History Week. He names the 15 most outstanding events in Negro history for February in Ebony, accompanied by pictorial reproductions, continuing his 1915 effort to secure nationwide recognition of Black contributions.
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Chicago
Carter Woodson
Ebony
Woodson
Handy’s Emporium of Melody on Broadway Historic Music Legacies
Handy's Emporium on Broadway promotes W C Handy as leader of Black American music. Pace and Handy Music Co began in Memphis 1913, publishing songs like The Girl You Never Met and Jogo Blues. The firm formed in 1909, published St Louis Blues in 1914, and opened a New York publishing office at 1545 Broadway with twenty six staff.
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HANDY
New York
Broadway
United States
W. C. Handy
St. Louis
Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc
Pace and Handy Music Co. Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Pace
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Lincoln University
Dixie
Booker T. Washington
Negro Business League
Mr. Handy
Mr. Crump
Pace and Handy Music Co
Standard Life Insurance Company
Atlanta
Memphis
Columbia Phonograph Company
Missouri Congressman Cannon Pushes One-Bill Budget Trim
Washington reports Congressman Cannon, Democrat from Missouri and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, urges major government spending cuts to balance next year’s budget. He proposes consolidating all appropriations into a single bill after revenue estimates to show a clear financial picture to Congress.
Laundry Workers Union Chief Donates $5,000 to Urban League
Louis Simon, secretary treasurer of the Laundry Workers Joint Board, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America CIO, presents a $5,000 check to Lester B. Granger, executive director of the National Urban League, for the work of its 50 year old interracial social service organization promoting economic opportunity for Negroes. The union has contributed to the Urban League for years.
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Louis Simon
Laundry Workers Joint Board
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
CIO
Lester B. Granger
National Urban League
The
George Washington Carver to be featured on WKRC radio program
The life and work of the renowned African American scientist George Washington Carver will be highlighted in a Buckeye Ballads radio program on WKRC at 6 15 p m Saturday January 7 1950. Sponsored by Buckeye Loan and Building Co Cincinnati the segment aims to celebrate his faith and perseverance.
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George Washington Carver
WKRC
Buckeye Ballads
The
Buckeye Loan and Building Co
Main St
Cincinnati
Two Great Men Die: Dr Carl G Roberts and Sir Alban L Halsey
Dr Carl G. Roberts, famed Chicago surgeon and disciple of Esculapius, died after years of heart illness. Sir Alban L. Halsey, longtime assistant to President Patterson of Tuskegee and co founder of The National Business League, also died after many years of service. National sympathy accompanies their departure.
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Carl G. Roberts
Alban L. Halsey
Chicago
Esculapius
Hippocrates
Patterson
Tuskegee
National Business League
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Atty. Thomas
New York Daily
Negro Newspaper Publishers Association
N.N.P. A
Bailey
Count A. J. Gary
Peekskill, N. Y
Paul Robeson
Peekskill
Supreme Court
Texas Law School
Buffalo
Grant Reynolds
Congress of Harlem
Bony
Washington
Congressman Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
By Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Urban League
Albon L. Holsey
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